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Ms. Marcea Bland Lloyd has been the Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc since July 2011 and General Counsel since February 06, 2007. Ms. Lloyd served as Senior Vice President of Government & Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., since June 2008 and February 6, 2007 respectively. Ms. Lloyd served as a Senior Vice President of Legal & Corporate Affairs at Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., since ... February 6, 2007. She served as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Vha Inc., until January 2007 and also served as its Group Senior Vice President and Secretary. She held overall responsibility for all legal matters related to VHA and its businesses, and provides legal advice to VHA's senior management, board of directors and business units, guides corporate communications activities key external and internal audiences and leads VHA's People Strategies team. She came to VHA in 1999 after worked for 21 years for Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., a leading global health care device manufacturer. She served since 1991 as Assistant General Counsel, earning a promotion to Vice President in 1993. In this position, she provided legal services for Medtronic's business services group, including the cardiac rhythm management, cardiac surgery, neurological and vascular businesses. She also served as Legal Liaison to headquarters groups in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia/Pacific. From 1986 to 1991, She served as Senior Legal Counsel, gaining experience in litigation and contracts. She joined Medtronic in 1978 as an International Counsel, performing legal work for its Latin and South American operations. While at Medtronic, she taught business law at the University of Minnesota business school for three years. Prior to joining Medtronic, Ms. Lloyd served as Assistant University Attorney for the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. From 1974 to 1977, she served as a Senior Attorney for Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago. From 1972 to 1974, she served as a Corporate Attorney for The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis. She began her legal career as Staff Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in Chicago. She serves as Chair of the Executive Leadership Foundation and an Associate of the Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation. She serves as a Director of California Healthcare Institute. Ms. Lloyd holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. She holds Juris Doctorate degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. in 1971.

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